Ed McBain Quotes
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We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.
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Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all boils down to the work. I'm a work-a-holic, which is why I think that I've been successful. If you tell me no, I'll work even harder!
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There's only so much you can do with a male voice in dance music.
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I know exactly what it's like to not have a penny. I know exactly what it's like trying to get a job. I know exactly what it's like having bloody one tin of Ambrosia left in the cupboard. But I know I can survive.
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Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
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What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
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I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
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But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
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Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
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I study people all the time. For some reason, we're not very good at seeing what's there or hearing what we're hearing.
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We are the only species systematically destroying its own habitat.
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I'll back up anything my dad says.
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I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks.
